>From Ananova: Norfolk, England A Norfolk man has got a walking stick made out of his own hip bone.
Ian Sutherland from Great Bircham asked doctors to save the bone when he had a hip replacement op. The 62-year-old retired landscape gardener got the idea for the stick from one of his sons, who is an archaeologist. "I'm really pleased with it. It's great to find a practical use for a discarded part of your own body and it serves as a reminder of my own mortality." Ian said the doctors gave him the bone as he recovered from the operation. "It was sealed in a bag marked 'hazardous waste'. When I got home I popped it in the fridge next to the frozen peas." He added: "The wife was horrified. I think she secretly suspects I'm a bit strange." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ya think?!?!?? His poor wife! I have this mental image of a little old lady in a housecoat lying unconscious in front of an open refrigerator clutching her chest. Her last words would have been "I'll make dinner.... aaaiiiiiiggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!" *thump* Yeesh. Jon GSV Thank God it Wasn't a Heart Transplant VFP Shades of Poe _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
